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rename.sh: rename files in a directory into a sequential numbering order
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# Rename all the files specified in a directory to a sequential order. | |
# CAREFUL: DON'T USE WITH THE SAME NDIGITS IF THE FILES IN THE DIRECTORY | |
# ARE ALREADY NAMED SEQUENTIALLY, OR THEY MAY BE OVERWRITTEN AND LOST | |
# A workaround for this is to run rename.sh with another value for the ndigits | |
# and then run it again with the original. | |
# | |
# /robex/ - 2018 | |
#no arguments | |
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then | |
echo "error: arguments" | |
echo "usage: ./rename.sh [dir] [ndigits] [prefix]" | |
echo "args:" | |
printf "\tdir: directory to rename files inside of\n" | |
printf "\tndigits (optional): number of digits in the format (ex: 0001.gif), USE TWO DIGITS. default = 04\n" | |
printf "\tprefix (optional): add something before the digits\n" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
NDIGITS=$2 | |
PREFIX=$3 | |
#only dir provided (set default) | |
if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then | |
NDIGITS="04" | |
PREFIX="" | |
fi | |
#only dir+ndigits | |
if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then | |
PREFIX="" | |
fi | |
#confirm | |
read -p "Are you sure? " -n 1 -r | |
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] | |
then | |
# add your extensions here if necessary | |
find $1 -name '*.gif' | cat -n | while read n f; do mv -n "$f" `printf "%s%s%${NDIGITS}d.gif" $1 "$PREFIX" $n`; done | |
find $1 -name '*.png' | cat -n | while read n f; do mv -n "$f" `printf "%s%s%${NDIGITS}d.png" $1 "$PREFIX" $n`; done | |
find $1 -name '*.jpg' | cat -n | while read n f; do mv -n "$f" `printf "%s%s%${NDIGITS}d.jpg" $1 "$PREFIX" $n`; done | |
find $1 -name '*.webm' | cat -n | while read n f; do mv -n "$f" `printf "%s%s%${NDIGITS}d.webm" $1 "$PREFIX" $n`; done | |
fi | |
#print newline for prettiness | |
echo |
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# Rename all the files specified in a directory to a sequential order. | |
# WARNING: If the files are already named sequentially, backups will | |
# be created with a tilde (~) appended at the end. | |
# A workaround for this is to run rename.sh with another value for | |
# the ndigits and then run it again with the original. | |
# | |
# /robex/ - 2018 | |
#no arguments | |
usage() { | |
echo "usage: ./rename.sh -npd dir" | |
echo "args:" | |
printf "\tdir: directory to rename files inside of\n" | |
printf "\t-n: ndigits (optional), number of digits in the format (ex: 0001.gif),\n\t USE TWO DIGITS. default = 04\n" | |
printf "\t-p: prefix (optional), add a prefix before the digits\n" | |
printf "\t-d: dry-run (optional), show the changes, dont execute\n" | |
exit 1 | |
} | |
NDIGITS="04" | |
PREFIX="" | |
DRYRUN=0 | |
while getopts ":n:p:hd" opt; do | |
case $opt in | |
n) | |
NDIGITS=$OPTARG | |
;; | |
p) | |
PREFIX=$OPTARG | |
;; | |
\?) | |
echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" | |
exit 1 | |
;; | |
:) | |
echo "Option -$OPTARG requires an argument." | |
exit 1 | |
;; | |
h) | |
usage | |
;; | |
d) | |
DRYRUN=1 | |
;; | |
esac | |
done | |
shift $((OPTIND - 1)) | |
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then | |
usage | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
# add your extensions here if necessary | |
exts=(".gif" ".png" ".jpg" ".webm" ".mp4") | |
if [ $DRYRUN -eq 1 ] | |
then | |
for i in "${exts[@]}"; do | |
find $1 -name "*$i" -o -name "*$i~" | cat -n | while read n f; do printf "%30s renamed to %s%s%${NDIGITS}d$i\n" "$f" "$1" "$PREFIX" $n; done | |
done | |
else | |
#confirm | |
read -p "Are you sure? " -n 1 -r | |
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] | |
then | |
for i in "${exts[@]}"; do | |
find $1 -name "*$i" -o -name "*$i~" | cat -n | while read n f; do mv -b "$f" `printf "%s%s%${NDIGITS}d$i" $1 "$PREFIX" $n`; done | |
done | |
fi | |
fi |
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